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A Federal Court judge has awarded $6.5 million to an estimated 2,000 investors who put money into the UltraLife Club through a Mississauga, Ont. corporation called Business In Motion International.

The company was run by Alan Kippax, who was first exposed in a CBC Marketplace investigation of a pyramid scheme that defrauded investors across Canada, including hundreds from B.C.

People attending meetings held by Kippax were asked to pay a $3,200 entrance fee to buy vacation packages worth $9,000 they could then sell to others.

Burnaby resident Mark Cuzzeto launched a class action lawsuit after he lost $3,200 in a pyramid scheme run by Alan Kippax, winning $6.5M for all of Kippax's victims. (CBC)

Burnaby, B.C. resident Mark Cuzzetto says he just wanted access to cheap travel. Instead he was taken for a ride, losing thousands of dollars in the pyramid scheme. Cuzzetto was so upset he launched a class action lawsuit.

"We were all duped. I just wanted to see everybody get back what they put in," he told the CBC.

In fact, Kippax's vacation packages weren't even good deals. There were cheaper travel packages on the Internet and his business continually needed more recruits to keep profits flowing to those at the top — a scheme the court described as a classic pyramid scheme.

Toronto businessman Alan Kippax has been ordered to pay more than $6.5M to thousands of investors after a Federal Court judge ruled his business was a pyramid scheme. (CBC)

A CBC marketplace investigation looked at meetings hosted by Alan Kippax where investors were encouraged to purchase vacation packages they were told to re-sell for up to triple the price paid. ( CBC Marketplace)

Now, the U.K. citizen is facing deportation to Britain.

And the victory against him in court could be a hollow one. No one knows where the missing money went. Cuzzeto's lawyer says the hunt is on to find the the missing money before Kippax is deported.

"Someone must know where the money went. And I want people to tell me about that. Where is it? He couldn't have spent it all, so it's somewhere."